Europa

Europa Grain Free Small Breed: 52/48 Duck review

Name: Europa Grain Free Small Breed: 52/48 Duck
Brand: Europa

67.5/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Grain-free kibble for smaller dogs that puts half the recipe or more into one named animal, in four flavours. The meat headline on every label is split three ways, which is more detail than this kind of bag usually gives. The chicken and the salmon and trout reach our Excellent band; the lamb and the duck read Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breeds, the dogs the feeding charts are written for
Dogs kept off cereal, with sweet potato, peas and potato for starch
Rotation: across the four recipes only the animal changes
Label readers who want the meat broken down into fresh, dried and stock
A temperamental digestion, with beet pulp and prebiotics dosed at 96 mg/kg of FOS and 24 mg/kg of MOS

Worth watching

The omega 3 supplement has no named source, so none of the four can be promised fish free
The salmon and trout brings two fish together, which matters when narrowing down to one protein
Feeding charts stop between 10kg and 15kg, so work a bigger dog's portion out from its own weight

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

67.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written and portioned for small adult dogs. If a larger dog shares the house, check the chart covers its weight before ordering.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

53/47 Salmon 71.8
55/45 Chicken 71.4
52/48 Duck 67.5
50/50 Lamb 62.7

Four recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A large declared meat share, lower carbohydrate than most kibble and labels that show their working lift the chicken and the salmon and trout clear of the other two.

What's in it

Duck: freshly prepared duck, dried duck, duck stock52% (26%, 24%, 2%)The most even fresh-to-dried split, so more of the meat survives the oven.
Sweet potato26%
Peas8%
Potato
Omega 3 supplement, linseedThe supplement names no source.
Beet pulp, minerals, vegetable stock
Orange, cranberry0.3% for the orange
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kg

Named ingredients

Duck 52% (Freshly Prepared Duck 26%, Dried Duck 24%, Duck Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (8%), Potato, Omega 3 Supplement, Linseed, Beet Pulp, Minerals, Vegetable Stock, Orange (0.3%), Cranberry, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: 52% duck, 24% of it dried; The fresh share runs higher on the other three.
Fat, dry matter: 16.8%; The richest; the lamb is 15.2%.
Protein, dry matter: 28.3%; Level with the lamb, below the chicken.

A sensible pick for a dog that needs a bird other than chicken.

Declared meat runs from 50% in the lamb to 55% in the chicken, and every label splits it into freshly prepared meat, dried meat and stock. The dried share is already near its final weight, while much of the fresh share's water goes in the oven. Protein converts to between 28.3% and 31.5% of dry matter.

Sweet potato, peas and potato do the starch work, with no wheat, rice or maize anywhere, and carbohydrate lands between 39.2% and 43.4% of dry matter. All four carry linseed, beet pulp, the same printed prebiotic doses and an omega 3 supplement with no source named. Only the animal and a trace-level flourish change.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

41.8%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

50%

Added water

2.8%

Carbs

42.3%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size